To Be Or Not To Be Partisan
Should writers support a particular political party, or should they stay above the fray of partisan politics? The question may appear ridiculous to Americans, whose writers routinely identify themselves as Democrat, Republican, Progressive, or what have you. However, the question is not a non-controversial one in Singapore. The...
Time to get rid of GRCs
It is an anomaly. Life can produce unexpected and spectacular results. The PAP created the GRC system to preserve their hold on power. They think that they will win all the GRCs with strong ministers and allow the opposition parties to win a few SMCs. But GE2020 produced an unexpected result. 9 seats were lost to the opposition...
PM Lee dreaded the prospect of losing 10 or more seats to the opposition – now that it has happened, what’s his game plan?
The Workers’ Party now has 10 seats in Parliament – a scenario that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong once said he needed to be wary of. Back in 2006, PM Lee spoke about how the opposition’s job was “to make life miserable” for him and if there were 10 or more of them in Parliament, he would have to spend time “thinking...
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